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The Salvation Army – Northwest Ohio Area Services Events:

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Feinstein Food Drive
“During all of March and April, The Salvation Army participates in the Feinstein Food Drive. The Feinstein Foundation will match a percentage of the donations collected. Non-perishable food items can be dropped off at The Salvation Army located at 620 N Erie Street, Toledo, OH. Please call The Salvation Army for more information at 419-241-1138.”

March 30 – Easter Egg Hunt
“The Salvation Army is hosting a community Easter egg hunt on Saturday, March 30th from 11:00 am until noon. Please call The Salvation Army for more information at 419-241-1138.”

Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank

ToledoFoodBankOhio Hog Farmers, Partners Donate Pork to Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank

Ohio hog farmers have been actively involved in the fight against hunger for years, donating more than 750,000 meals of nutritious pork to Ohio food banks since 2009. This month the Ohio Pork Producers Council (OPPC) is once again doing its part to make sure that no table is without a nutritious, locally-produced meal. On March 12, the Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank will receive 5,000 pounds of ground pork at its distribution warehouse.
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Health Fair Offers Free Health Screenings

HopeLutheranHope Lutheran Church, located at the corner of Secor and Bancroft Roads, is holding a health fair on April 20th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Free hot dog lunch.

Various health screenings will be provided free of charge including skin cancer, blood pressure, cholesterol, hearing, glucose, and vision

Information will be provided on senior care, medical supplies, assistance dogs, cancer prevention and guidance for cancer patients, colonoscopies and other GI procedures, mental health, home modifications, physical therapy, Alzheimer’s, assistance for grandparents, running coach/correct shoes and Hospice.
This fair is not just for seniors.

Please call 419-536-8383 for further details.

Is Sunday still the most segregated day in America?

SamEvery week millions of Americans get up on Sunday mornings to go to their favorite churches and hear their favorite preachers. People come from all over just to engage in the services, the music, hear testimonies and gather with family and friends. They feel comfortable around everybody and everybody around them. Every thing is great and most people are happy.
In America today most churches depict everybody being somewhat on the same page whether the same race, economic class, social circles or professional status. Church is the one place where people go to be comfortable, but is this always the right approach or did Jesus try to send another type of message? Dr. Martin Luther King once stated “Sunday was the most segregated day in America.” Why is it that the body of Christ can shop at the same stores, eat at the same restaurants, buy the same cars and work at the same job with people of different backgrounds, cultures, ideas and religions, but will not gather together across the board for Christ’s name sake?
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Baggage Check

Auth014Last month I started a multi-month writing called “Baggage Check.”  In that article I discussed learning to let go of the unwanted baggage that we have in our lives.  I mentioned the first step is acknowledging we have a problem in that area of our lives.  The fact is we cannot deal with what we refuse to acknowledge in our lives.
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Do not fear the Chariots of Iron in your life

Auth0001Beloved,

The people of Joseph said:
Joshua 17:16 – “ …Yet all the Canaanites who dwell in the plain have chariots of iron, both those in Beth Shean (Bet’ She’ an) and its villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”
Joshua 17:17-18 – “Then Joshua said to the House of Joseph, to Ephraim and Mannasseh, You are a numerous people and have great power. You not have one allotment only, but the hill country shall be yours, for though it is a forest, you shall clear it and possess it to its farthest borders. For you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.”

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Dress For Stress

Auth024Ephesians 6:14 instructs us to “Put on the BELT of TRUTH.”
Roman soldiers, when they were off-duty, dressed very casually.   It was their custom to wear long, loose-fitting tunics.  However, when they would dress for battle, it was necessary for them to draw up the loose-ends of their long garment, tuck it under the belt, and tightly fasten it around their waist so they wouldn’t slip, trip, or fall when fighting their adversary.
Without the BELT of TRUTH to hold things together, the enemy (satan) could easily injure them, defeat them, or slay them.  So it was extremely important that the 1st thing they would PUT ON was the BELT of TRUTH.  They fully realized that if they failed to put it on, they’d  have to pay the consequences!

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Connection-led Compassion

Auth013Hebrews 5:1 “For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: 2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.”
In Hebrews 5:1-2, we see that one of the criteria of the Jews choosing an earthly high priest was that he had to be taken from among men. God wanted to emphasize that He chose him from among men so he would be able to identify (understand) with sinners.  His ability to identify with sinners enables the high priest to have compassion on them. He also was compassed about with infirmities. We see the connection between identifying with someone (putting ourselves in their place) and having compassion on them.
Last month we looked at 4 reasons why we lose the compassion that comes from identifying with people. By way of review, we observed that…

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The Erie United Methodist Church….

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….will be having its annual
Rummage and Bake sale on April 12 and 13.
Friday, April 12-Rummage Sale from 9:00 am until 6:00 pm.
Saturday, April 13- Bag Day, Rummage and Bake Sale from 9:am until 1:pm.

The Church is located at 1100 E. Samaria Road, Erie, MI.

For more information please contact :

Sandi Elliott at 734-856-3660, or srelliott1@bex.net

Huge Craft Show ! Benefits: HONOR FLIGHT and PLANNED PETHOOD

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